Portland State Magazine Fall 2010

Success from both sides of the camera WHEN DE I RD RE LO RE NZ '95 first visited the Greek island of Santorini for a friend's wedding, she was amazed by the rugged, volca– nic landscape. "This is a place people should see," she thought, "and if they can't make it here, they should see it on the screen." Lorenz was able to make that happen-she's a New York-based actress and model who has appeared in films (Two Weeks Notice, EL Cantante, and The Emperor's Club) on television's Law and Order: Special ½ctims Unit and on the cover of New York Magazine. After five years of fund raising and shooting, she is now the producer and star of her own first feature-length film, Santorini Blue. The film asks che question, Lorenz says, "Can love be rekindled?" Matthew Panepinto, the film's director and Lorenz's longtime creative partner, plays the male lead. He cries to win back his estranged wife, played by Lorenz, on the island where she has gone to gee over his infidelity. The movie features several of Lorenz's Law and Order co– stars, including Ice-T and Richard Belzer. Lorenz says her business education came in handy in her role as producer. "In filmmaking, you have to budget everything. If you can't run a business, you can't gee anything accomplished." For her work in front of the camera, she was nominated for Best Actress at che Hobo– ken International Film Festival, and Santorini Blue won che audi- Deirdre Lorenz is star and pro– ducer of her own movie, Santorini Blue, which is making the film festival circuit, including Eugene on Oct. 7-10. ence award for Best of the Festival. In September, the film will be shown ac che prestigious Toronto Independenc Film Festival, and in October ic comes to the Eugene International Film Festival. Thar's not the only trip to Oregon Lorenz has planned. She'll appear in a film to be shoe in her home state soon. She plans to keep taking opportuni- ties as they come, whether developing her own projects or acting in others' films. "I just feel so lucky co be in the business," Lorenz says, "whether it's my good story or someone else's good story, that's what I like-a good story." Come to campus Enjoy the newly remodeled Lincoln Hall at a performance of The House ofBlue Leaves Friday, November 12, through Saturday, Novem– ber 20. The savagely funny play examines the pursuit of fame with humorous lines set against tragic circumstances. Tickets are $12 for adults and may be purchased at the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307. ■ FANFARE New Works EXTRA LIVES: WHY VIDEO GAMES MATTER By Tom Bissell (English faculty), Pantheon Books, 2010 SOLVING THE CHILDCARE AND FLEXIBILITY PUZZLE By Arthur C. Emlen (social work emeritus faculty), Universal Publishers, 2010 THE ECO-NOMICAL BABY GUIDE By Joy Hatch and Rebecca Kelley MA '03; Stewart, Tabori & Chang; 2010 INTERFACE RACE By Michael Hollister (English emeritus faculty), AurhorHouse, 2009 FIRST DOG Children's book by J. Patrick Lewis and Beth Zappitello MBA '99, Sleeping Bear Press, 2009 A LIFE TRANSFORMED - BY ACCIDENT By Helen Decker Liere MPA '79, Outskirts Press, 2009 KIEV, JEWISH METROPOLIS. A HISTORY, 1859-1914 KI EV JEWISH METROPOLIS By Natan Meir Qudaic Studies faculty), Indiana University Press, 2010 OREGON STORIES Compiled by PSU Ooligan Press, 2010 LITTLE GREEN: A NOVEL By Loretta Stinson '98, MS '07, MFA '09, Hawthorne Books, 2010 THE BOYS FROM LITTLE MEXICO By Steve Wilson 'O 1, MA '06, Beacon Press, 2010 FALL 2010 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 7